Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lima

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1629		Born	Madrid, Spain
6 Oct 1664	34.8	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
1665	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
16 Jan 1668	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Popayán, Colombia
8 Feb 1672	42.1	Appointed	Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Jun 1677	47.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
18 Feb 1678	48.2	Installed	Archbishop of Lima, Peru
28 Jun 1708	78.5	Died	Archbishop of Lima, Peru

a bishop for 43.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Sanz Lozano †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros † (1665)
Archbishop Antonio Sanz Lozano † (1661)
Bishop Agustín Muñoz Sandoval †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernardo de Carrasco y Saavedra, O.P. †
Archbishop Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés †
Bishop Pedro Cárdenas y Arbieto †
Bishop Antonio de Morales, O.P. †
Bishop Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza †
Bishop Juan González Santiago †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 244, and Page 317
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 320

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